It is hard to guess what a Tapeti weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) on average weights 988 grams (2.18 lbs).
The Tapeti is from the family Leporidae (genus: Sylvilagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 36.3 cm (1′ 3″). On average, Tapetis can have babies 4 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), also known as the Brazilian cottontail or forest cottontail, is a species of cottontail rabbit. It is small to medium-sized with a small, dark tail, short hind feet, and short ears. As traditionally defined, its range extends from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, but this includes several distinctive population that recent authorities have recommended splitting into separate species. Under this narrower definition, the true tapeti only occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest of coastal northeastern Brazil and it is classified as “Endangered” by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Tapeti
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Scrub hare bringing 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs) to the scale
- Hispid hare bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Cape hare bringing 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian highland hare bringing 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- Black-tailed jackrabbit bringing 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- Swamp rabbit bringing 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Woolly hare bringing 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tapeti
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus brasiliensis:
- Bare-eared squirrel monkey bringing 888 grams to the scale
- Mexican prairie dog bringing 900 grams to the scale
- Striped polecat bringing 812 grams to the scale
- White-eared titi bringing 898 grams to the scale
- Black-footed ferret bringing 907 grams to the scale
- Aotus infulatus bringing 800 grams to the scale
- Green acouchi bringing 966 grams to the scale
- Spotted linsang with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Raffray’s bandicoot bringing 905 grams to the scale
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tapeti
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tapeti:
- European rabbit with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Brown greater galago with a size of 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Selous’s mongoose with a size of 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Philippine flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Chinese pangolin with a size of 37.9 cm (1′ 3″)
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- African striped weasel with a size of 30.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Sunda flying lemur with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Lesser grison with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Small dorcopsis with a size of 38.7 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tapeti
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tapeti: